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  WITTY GLOBAL BLOGS | THURSDAY FLAGSHIP EDITION Africa's $2 Billion Creative Economy Financing Push: What Nigerian Filmmakers, Musicians and Digital Creators Need to Know By Itoro Uwah | Thursday, November 12, 2026 CREATIVE ECONOMY | BUSINESS | TECHNOLOGY | INVESTMENT LAGOS, NIGERIA — Africa's creative economy is attracting renewed attention from development financiers and policymakers, following the Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX) WKND 2026 gathering in Lagos from November 5 to 8. Organised by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and hosted by Nigeria, the gathering brought together creative entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers and cultural-industry professionals to explore financing, intellectual property, technology and market access. Afreximbank's CANEX financing ambition has expanded to $2 billion, reflecting a growing institutional effort to support African cultural and creative enterprises. However, the figure must be understood correctly...
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Just In-Shake-up in Customs as Ag. CG appoints 2 ACGs

 Shake-up in Customs as Ag. CG appoints 2 ACGs


The Acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, appointed Comptrollers Florence Nanu Ogar-Modey and Queen Ogbudu as Acting Assistant Comptroller Generals. Ag. ACG Ogar-Moday would be in charge of the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), while Ogbudu would be Zonal Coordinator for Zone B. The National Public Relations Officer of Customs, Mr Abudullahi Maida, said yesterday that the key appointments and redeployments were to ensure operational efficiency following the recent retirement of some top management officers of NCS.

Similarly, several Comptrollers were redeployed to various Customs formations.

They included Compt. Jaiyeoba Jide from Oyo/Osun Area Command to Apapa Area Command, Compt. Dera Nnadi from Seme to Tin-Can Island Port, Compt. Timi Bomodi from KLT  to Seme, Compt. Ahmed Abe from PCA Zone ‘C’ to Kaduna Area Command and Compt. Babandede Mohammad from Lilypond Export Command to Lagos Free Trade Zone Command.

Others were Compt. Dauda Ibrahim Chana from Investigation Headquarters to Kano/Jigawa Area Command, Compt. Martina Tilleygyado from Non-Intrusive Inspection to KLT Area Command, Compt. Oloyode Adekunle from Tin-Can Island Port to Import &/Export Headquarters while Compt. Zanna Chiroma will be leaving Import & Export for PCA Zone ‘C, among many others.

The Ag C-G, according to Mr Maiwada, charged the affected officers to put more effort into achieving the service’s core mandates of revenue generation, suppression of smuggling, and trade facilitation.

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